Selinsgrove Area High School

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Selinsgrove Area High School
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Selinsgrove Area High School
500 N Broad St.

Selinsgrove
,
Pennsylvania
17870

United States
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Type Public high school
MottoEnabling life-long learning.
Established1932
School district Selinsgrove Area School District
NCES District ID4221120
NCES School ID422112003969
PrincipalMatt Conrad
Teaching staff49.50 (on FTE basis) [1]
Grades9th–12th
Enrollment802 (2022-23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio16.20 [1]
Color(s)   Red & Blue
Nickname Seals
NewspaperGrove Gazette
YearbookCynosure
Website seal-pa.org/sahs/

Selinsgrove Area High School is a public school located in Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The school serves a rural-suburban community of 22,259 residents according to the US Census 2013. SAHS is the sole high school operated by the Selinsgrove Area School District.

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Student activities

The Selinsgrove Area School District offers a wide variety of activities, clubs and an extensive sports program.

Clubs and organizations

Selinsgrove's student life programs number in the twenties and include both national and local programs such as French Club, Technology Student Association, Forensics (of the National Forensic League), Chess club, FFA, Student Government, German Club, Key Club, SADD Club, Spanish Club, Book Club, Card Club, Environmental Science Club, Fly Fishing Club, FBLA, Health Career Club, History, Culture, and Travel Club, Key Club, Musical, Outdoor's Club, Students Against Destructive Decisions Club (SADD Club), School Newspaper (The Grove Gazette), Seals E-Sports and Gaming Club, Ski and Board Club, Student Council, and Young Disciples. Students from the school have been notably successful in participating in Pennsylvania History Day and the Pennsylvania Mock Trial Competition.

Theater

Students can also elect to participate on-stage in Selinsgrove's fall play, spring musical, and spring play. Notable productions in previous years include "The Little Shop of Horrors", "Annie Get Your Gun", Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Footloose", "The Man That Came To Dinner", "Jekyll and Hyde", and "Copacabana". More recently, the school has performed musicals such as Godspell, The Little Mermaid, Shrek, and Mamma Mia. Some recent plays include Writing a Will Can Be Murder and a live-streamed performance of The Crucible.

Music and performance

The school's music program offers both band instrumental and voice training under a co-curricular policy. Co-curricular applies to those programs that are sponsored or approved by the Board and are conducted both during the regular school day as part of the approved curriculum and partly after the regular school day through approved performances and demonstrations. [2]

Band

The Marching Band is directed by Nicholas H. Eischeid. The SAHS MB supports the community by playing at local events like the annual Memorial Day ceremony and the Market Street Festival. Selinsgrove's band also performs each week at the school's football games; they perform in concert form at least once per semester. The band has played at Canadian football games and marched in several Disney World holiday parades.

Chorus

The Honors Chorus is Directed by Rachel Ulsh and has performed at Carnegie Hall and at the dedication of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC as the representative of Pennsylvania. The 2005–2006 chorus premiered Matthew Harris' piece, "Oceanic Eyes".

Sports

Since 2000, the district has spent millions to add to its high school sports facilities. In a $2.5 million project, the high school stadium received a major renovation including the addition of plastic grass and a new track. A soccer field and field hockey field were developed in the lawn areas in the front of the high school building. A small portion of the development was paid for by team booster clubs. A new gymnasium was built as a part of the adjacent elementary school, to provide space for additional basketball programs.

In 2008, Selinsgrove School Board added its first club sport - lacrosse for both boys and girls, stipulating the teams would not receive taxpayer funded support. They are permitted to use the school's name in order to participate in PIAA events.

The district funds:

According to PIAA directory July 2013 [3]

Alma mater

Hail Alma Mater – Our cherished Mother. Hail to thy glorious name! May it have wide fame. God grant that we be – of your past worthy And that in future years – you may have no peers. By Harold W. Follmer, Jr., Class of 1942

Building

The current high school building was built in the 1930s through funding from the New Deal. The building was designed by Lawrie and Green architects of Harrisburg, PA. It is a concrete with steel framing construction, masonry walls and has a red brick exterior.

A two-story addition was added to the rear of the building that provides a media center, several technology labs, a four-office Guidance suite, as well as science and social studies classrooms. There is a cafeteria, a gymnasium with locker rooms, weight lifting rooms and secondary gym space. Parking is available on all four sides of the building. The Harold L. Bolig Memorial football field and Simon R. Rhoads Memorial Track are located behind the high school building.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Selinsgrove Area HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  2. ↑ Selinsgrove Area School Board (September 19, 2005). "CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WITHIN A CURRICULAR PROGRAM Policy 122".
  3. ↑ Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association (2013). "PIAA School Directory".

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